The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an office within the U.S. Department of Transportation, just finished its annual campaign to get us to wear our seatbelts under a program called "Click It or Ticket." States receive federal subsidies to ticket drivers if they or their passengers are not buckled up.

Darwin was right in his assertion of survival of the fittest. It is stupid not to wear seatbelts, therefore, dumb people die in auto accidents due to their ignorant mistake. Rather than ticketing people for not wearing seatbelts, allow nature to follow its natural course and 100% of Americans will wear seatbelts in due time with no law necessary.

The Government allocates a lot of "grant" money to police departments to harass the citizens. These programs are "stat" driven. Accept the grant money, and show us your stats. The Government has too much tax money. It's disgusting.

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posted on 06/15/2005 10:21:41 AM PDT
by Enterprise
(Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")

Well, if I caused an accident with Williams and he were not wearing a seat belt, and if he were injured so that he could not write his column for a time, I could be held libel for destroying a national treasure.

Back when the Fed imposed the 55mph national speed limit, they simply withheld highway funds to those states choosing not to comply. The Fed is just blackmailing states into passing a law the Fed has no constitutional authority to make. It's easy to get the sheeple to swallow Bravo Sierra when you sell it with a rhyme. Fifty-five saves lives! Click it or ticket! If it does not fit, you must acquit!

I always wear my seat belt but I find this campaign highly offensive. They always picture some burly sunglassed trooper looking like the class bully. How are we supposed to teach kids not to be afraid to approach a policeman if there is trouble when they're trying to scare everyone to wear seatbelts? Granted I want all real wrongdoers to be afraid at the sight a policeman but making criminals out of otherwise law-abiding people is a little much.

It is stupid not to wear seatbelts, therefore, dumb people die in auto accidents due to their ignorant mistake.

I'm not disagreeing with the fact that this is not the federal gov'ts business, but just to play devil's advocate here, do you think there may be an interest in localities requiring seatbelts due to the risk of hurting others as a human projectile?

Called by its' real name, it is bribery. The government using your and my tax dollars to bribe states into doing what they want. I always thought that bribery was against the law. But I guess if it has the government stamp of approval it is A Okay.

Rather than ticketing people for not wearing seatbelts, allow nature to follow its natural course and 100% of Americans will wear seatbelts in due time with no law necessary.

Gee and to think I've driven 20 years with no seat belt and been in several accidents (only one my fault) no worse for the wear...One could also ask by your logic how so many people stayed alive before seatbelts were even in vehicles.

Yes, it's bribery, and robbery, too. State sponsored, sanctioned, and enforced, but robbery none the less. I will guarantee the founding fathers are whirling in their graves about nonsense like this. They fought a revolution over far less...

Rather than ticketing people for not wearing seatbelts, allow nature to follow its natural course and 100% of Americans will wear seatbelts in due time with no law necessary.

The problem with your logic is that very few people die in car accidents whether they wear a seatbelt or not. In addition, if it is a real bad accident, even those wearing seatbelts usually die as well. So it would at most weed an statistically insignificant number of drivers.

"Vote for what you want and for what you believe, not for parasitic, career-politician liars who screw you over every election cycle. That's just nonsensical." LOL. true. but somehow I'm happier "settling" with Bush than I would have been if Kerry had won despite my voting for "what I believed in". . . it's a greater good compromise. no ?

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